Fake pot likely tainted with rat poison kills 3, sickens 100
BY LINDSEY TANNER Fake marijuana likely contaminated with rat poison has killed three people in Illinois and caused severe bleeding ...
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Tag: Drug culture
Online ads from unlicensed pot shops roil California market
BY MICHAEL R. BLOOD LOS ANGELES (AP) — Weedmaps is a go-to website for people looking to find a marijuana ...
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Justice Dept says it will target drug makers in opioid fight
BY SADIE GURMAN and GEOFF MULVIHILL WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it will support local officials in ...
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OxyContin maker will stop promoting opioids to doctors
BY MARLEY JAY and MATT PERRONE NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will ...
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Needles all over: What to do if you find syringes in public
Syringes left by drug users are increasingly turning up in public places, and authorities offer this advice if you or ...
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Pregnant woman who overdosed on heroin charged with assault
EAST BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — A woman who overdosed on heroin while she was seven months pregnant has been charged ...
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AP Explains: The origins of 4/20, marijuana’s high holiday
BY GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — Thursday marks marijuana culture's high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 ...
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State lawmakers channel grief into fight against opioids
BY KYLE POTTER ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In statehouses across the country, lawmakers with loved ones who fell victim ...
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4 Hours in Huntington: how the heroin epidemic choked a city
BY CLAIRE GALOFARO HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — He found the woman slumped over the steering wheel, an empty syringe on ...
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FDA warns of fatal risks from mixing opioids and sedatives
BY MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Health officials are strengthening warnings about the potentially fatal consequences of mixing prescription painkillers ...
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